People: United Rentals Inc (URI)

URI on New York Consolidated

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jenne Britell

 70 2008 Independent Chairman of the Board

Michael Kneeland

 59 2008 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

William Plummer

 54 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Matthew Flannery

 48 2012 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Dale Asplund

 44 2012 Senior Vice President - Business Services, Chief Information Officer

Jonathan Gottsegen

 46 2009 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

John Fahey

 46 2008 Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Controller

Jose Alvarez

 50 2009 Independent Director

Bobby Griffin

 64 2009 Independent Director

Pierre Leroy

 64 2012 Independent Director

Singleton McAllister

 61 2004 Independent Director

Brian McAuley

 72 2004 Independent Director

John McKinney

 58 2003 Independent Director

James Ozanne

 69 2012 Independent Director

Jason Papastavrou

 50 2005 Independent Director

Filippo Passerini

 55 2009 Independent Director

Donald Roof

 61 2012 Independent Director

Keith Wimbush

 60 2006 Independent Director

Fred Bratman

 Senior Vice President - Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
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Biographies

Name Description

Jenne Britell

 Dr. Jenne K. Britell is an Independent Chairman of the Board of United Rentals Inc. She became a director of the Company in December 2006 and Chairman of the Board in June 2008. In March 2010, she was named a Senior Managing Director of Brock Capital Group LLC, an advisory and investment banking firm. Dr. Britell was chairman and chief executive officer of Structured Ventures, Inc., advisors to U.S. and multinational companies, from 2001 to 2009. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Britell was a senior executive of GE Capital. At GE Capital, she served as the executive vice president of Global Consumer Finance and president of Global Commercial and Mortgage Banking. From January 1998 to July 1999, she was president and chief executive officer of GE Capital, Central and Eastern Europe, based in Vienna. Before joining GE Capital, she held management positions with Dime Bancorp, Inc., HomePower, Inc., Citicorp and Republic New York Corporation. Earlier, she was the founding chairman and chief executive officer of the Polish-American Mortgage Bank in Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Britell is a director of Crown Holdings, Inc., Quest Diagnostics, Inc., the U.S.-Russia Investment Fund and the U.S.-Russia Foundation for Entrepreneurship and the Rule of Law. During the past five years, Dr. Britell has served as a member of the board of directors of West Pharmaceutical Services, Aames Investment Corp. and Lincoln National Corp. Dr. Britell was named the 2011 Director of the Year by the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Michael Kneeland

 Mr. Michael J. Kneeland is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of United Rentals Inc. He has been Company's president and chief executive officer and a director of the Company since August 2008, having previously served as interim chief executive officer since June 2007. Prior to that time, Mr. Kneeland served as executive vice president and chief operating officer since March 2007 and as executive vice president—operations since September 2003. Mr. Kneeland joined the Company as a district manager in 1998 upon acquisition of Equipment Supply Company, and was named vice president—aerial operations and then vice president—southeast region. Mr. Kneeland’s 33 years of experience in the equipment rental industry includes a number of senior management positions with Free State Industries, Inc. and Equipment Supply Company. In 2011, Mr. Kneeland was appointed to serve on the board of directors of YRC Worldwide, Inc., a provider of transportation and global logistics services, where he serves as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

William Plummer

 Mr. William B. Plummer is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of United Rentals Inc., since December 2008. Before joining the Company, Mr. Plummer served as chief financial officer of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., a provider of global business news and information services, from September 2006 to December 2007. Prior to Dow Jones & Company, Mr. Plummer was vice president and treasurer of Alcoa Inc., one of the world’s producers of aluminum, since 2000. He also held similar executive positions at Mead Corporation and GE Capital, the financial services subsidiary of General Electric. Mr. Plummer is a director of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Matthew Flannery

 Mr. Matthew John Flannery is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of United Rentals Inc., since April 2012. Mr. Flannery has experience in all areas of the Company’s operations, having previously served as executive vice president—operations and sales, senior vice president—operations east and in two regional vice president roles in aerial operations. Mr. Flannery has served as a district manager, direct sales manager and branch manager of the Company. He has almost two decades of sales, management and operations experience in the rental industry. Mr. Flannery joined the Company in 1998 as part of the Company’s acquisition of Connecticut-based McClinch Equipment.

Dale Asplund

 Mr. Dale A. Asplund is Senior Vice President - Business Services, Chief Information Officer of United Rentals Inc. He was promoted to the senior vice president—business services and chief information officer in April 2012. Mr. Asplund has been senior vice president—business services since April 2011. Joining the Company in 1998, he has held senior positions that included responsibility for supply chain, fleet management and shared services. His position includes management of the Company’s information technology systems. Mr. Asplund previously worked for United Waste Systems, Inc. as a divisional manager.

Jonathan Gottsegen

 Mr. Jonathan M. Gottsegen is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of United Rentals Inc., since February 2009. Before joining the Company, Mr. Gottsegen directed the Corporate and Securities Practice Group at The Home Depot, Inc., the world’s home improvement retailer, from 2004 to 2009, where he led a team responsible for oversight of the company’s key legal matters. Prior to The Home Depot, Mr. Gottsegen served as securities counsel for Time Warner Inc., a media and entertainment company, from 2003 to 2004, where he was responsible for corporate, securities and corporate governance matters. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Gottsegen was an associate in the New York office of Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler in its corporate and securities transactional practice. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Gottsegen was a senior staff attorney with the SEC in its Division of Corporation Finance.

John Fahey

 Mr. John J. Fahey is Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Controller of United Rentals Inc. He was appointed vice president—controller in January 2008 and, in that role, continues to serve the Company as principal accounting officer, as he has since August 2006. Mr. Fahey joined the Company in September 2005 as vice president—assistant corporate controller. His prior experience includes senior positions as manager—corporate business development for Xerox Corporation, a document management technology and services company, from June 2003 to September 2005, and vice president and chief financial officer for Xerox Engineering Systems, Inc., a provider of solutions for technical documents, from January 2000 to June 2003. Mr. Fahey has also served as vice president—finance and controller for Faulding Pharmaceutical Company, an international health care company. Mr. Fahey is a licensed certified public accountant who previously served as a general practice manager in accounting and auditing for Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the four international accounting and consulting firms.

Jose Alvarez

 Mr. Jose B. Alvarez is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since January 2009. . Alvarez has been on the faculty of the Harvard Business School since February 2009. Until December 2008, he was the executive vice president—global business development for Royal Ahold NV, one of the world’s grocery retailers. Mr. Alvarez joined Royal Ahold in 2001 and subsequently held several key senior management positions, including president and chief executive officer of the company’s Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover brands. Previously, he served in executive positions at Shaw’s Supermarket, Inc. and American Stores Company. Mr. Alvarez also serves as a director of The TJX Companies, Inc. and Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Bobby Griffin

 Mr. Bobby J. Griffin is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since January 2009. From March 2005 to March 2007, he served as president—international operations for Ryder System, Inc., a global provider of transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions. Beginning in 1986, Mr. Griffin served in various other management positions with Ryder, including as executive vice president—international operations from 2003 to March 2005 and executive vice president—global supply chain operations from 2001 to 2003. Prior to Ryder, Mr. Griffin was an executive at ATE Management and Service Company, Inc., which was acquired by Ryder in 1986. He serves as a director of Hanesbrands Inc. and served as a director of Horizon Lines, Inc., from May 2010 until April 2012.

Pierre Leroy

 Mr. Pierre E. Leroy is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since April 30, 2012, Mr. Leroy served as a Director of RSC and RSC Equipment Rental from 2008 to April 2012. Mr. Leroy is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vigilant Solutions. Vigilant Solutions is a provider of public and private safety solutions utilizing advanced video and content analysis and location database services. Prior to joining Vigilant Solutions in March 2012, Mr. Leroy served, prior to retiring in 2005, as President of both the Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division and the Global Parts Division of Deere & Company. Deere & Company is leader in providing advanced products and services for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation, and also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. During his professional career with Deere, he served in a number of positions in Finance, including Treasurer, Vice-President and Treasurer, and Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Leroy has been a director of Capital One Financial Corporation since September 1, 2005, and is also a director of Capital One, National Association. He joined Capital One’s Audit and Risk, Compensation, and Governance and Nominating committees in September 2005, July 2006, and April 2006, respectively. Mr. Leroy was a director of Fortune Brands, Inc. from September 2003 until March 2012, where he served on the Audit and Compensation and Stock Option committees. Mr. Leroy also served on the board of ACCO Brands from August 2005 to April 2009, and Nuveen Investments, Inc. from March 2006 to April 2007.

Singleton McAllister

 Ms. Singleton B. McAllister is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since April 2004. Ms. McAllister heads the federal government relations practice of the law firm Blank Rome LLP. Before joining Blank Rome, Ms. McAllister had been a partner in the law firms of LeClairRyan since 2009, Mintz Levin since July 2005, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal since 2003 and Patton Boggs since 2001. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. McAllister served for five years as the general counsel for the United States Agency for International Development. Ms. McAllister is also a director of Alliant Energy Corporation, Interstate Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power and Light Company.

Brian McAuley

 Mr. Brian D. McAuley is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since April 2004. Mr. McAuley has served as chairman of Pacific DataVision, Inc. (“PDV”) since August 2004. PDV is a privately held telecommunications software applications and hosting company. He has been a partner at NH II, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in telecommunications businesses, since 2003. Mr. McAuley is a co-founder of Nextel Communications, Inc. and held senior executive positions at Nextel from the company’s inception in 1987 until 1996, including seven years as president and chief executive officer. Upon leaving Nextel, he joined Imagine Tile, Inc., a custom tile manufacturer, where he served as chairman and chief executive officer from 1996 to 1999 and continues to serve as chairman. He served as president and chief executive officer of NeoWorld Communications, Inc., a wireless telecommunications company, from 1999 until the sale of that company to Nextel in 2003. Mr. McAuley is a certified public accountant and, prior to co-founding Nextel, his positions included chief financial officer of Millicom Incorporated, corporate controller at Norton Simon Inc. and manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP.

John McKinney

 Mr. John S. McKinney is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc. He became a director of the Company in September 1998 following the merger of the Company with U.S. Rentals, Inc. He also served as a vice president of the Company until the end of 2000. Mr. McKinney served as chief financial officer of U.S. Rentals from 1990 until the merger and as controller of U.S. Rentals Inc. from 1988 until 1990, and as a staff auditor and audit manager at the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. McKinney was assistant dean of the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University from November 2006 to January 2008.

James Ozanne

 Mr. James H. Ozanne is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since April 30, 2012, Mr. Ozanne served as a Director of RSC and RSC Equipment Rental from May 2007 until April 2012 and was the Lead Independent Director of the RSC Board. Mr. Ozanne has served in executive positions in the Financial Services industry since 1972. During this time he has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of several leasing, rental, and consumer finance businesses ranging from full service railcar leasing to general equipment finance and grocery pallet rental. He also served as Executive Vice President of GE Capital responsible for the Consumer Finance and Operating Lease/Asset Management business units. Mr. Ozanne was a Director of Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. and Distributed Energy Systems Corp. He was Vice Chairman and Director of Fairbanks Capital Corp. from 2001 through 2005. He was Chairman of Source One Mortgage Corporation from 1997 to 1999. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nation Financial Holdings and its predecessor, US WEST Capital. Mr. Ozanne is a director of ZBB Energy Corporation.

Jason Papastavrou

 Dr. Jason D. Papastavrou is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since June 2005. Dr. Papastavrou has served as chief executive officer and chief investment officer of ARIS Capital Management, an investment management firm, since founding the company in January 2004. He previously held senior positions at Banc of America Capital Management, also an investment management firm, where he served as managing director—fund of hedge funds strategies from 2001 to 2003, and at Deutsche Asset Management, where he served as director—alternative investments group from 1999 to 2001. Dr. Papastavrou, who holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taught at Purdue University’s School of Industrial Engineering from 1990 to 1999 and is the author of academic publications. He is also a director of XPO Logistics, Inc. (formerly Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc.), an international expedited freight shipping provider.

Filippo Passerini

 Mr. Filippo Passerini is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since January 2009. He is currently Group President of The Procter & Gamble Company’s Global Business Services organization and Chief Information Officer, positions he has held since February 2008 and July 2004, respectively. Mr. Passerini joined Procter & Gamble, a multinational manufacturer of consumer goods, in 1981 and has held executive positions in the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, the United States, Latin America and Turkey. He holds degree in Operations Research from the University of Rome.

Donald Roof

 Mr. Donald C. Roof is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since April 30, 2012. Mr. Roof served as a Director of RSC and RSC Equipment Rental from August 2007 to April 2012. Mr. Roof most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Joy Global Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of mining equipment, from 2001 to 2007. Prior to joining Joy, Mr. Roof served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Tire Distributors/Heafner Tire Group, Inc. from 1999 to 2001 and as Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Roof has previously served on the board of directors and audit committee of two additional NYSE companies, Accuride Corporation from March 2005 through January 2010, and Fansteel, Inc. from September 2000 through March 2003.

Keith Wimbush

 Mr. Keith Wimbush is an Independent Director of United Rentals Inc., since April 2006. Mr. Wimbush is executive vice president and North American head of legal in the Stamford, Connecticut office of DHR International, an executive search firm. From November 2010 to April 2011, he was a managing director of Executive Search Services International, LLC, an executive search firm. From January 2003 until August 2005, Mr. Wimbush was with Korn/Ferry International, another executive search firm, where he served as a senior client partner in the firm’s Stamford, Connecticut office, and was also co-practice leader of the firm’s legal specialist group. From April 1997 until January 2003, Mr. Wimbush served as senior vice president and general counsel of Diageo North America, Inc. and predecessor companies. Mr. Wimbush, who holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, served as an adjunct professor of law at Thomas Cooley Law School during 2007 and 2008.

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ALVAREZ JOSE B

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ALVAREZ JOSE B

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WIMBUSH LAWRENCE KEITH

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PAPASTAVROU JASON D

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PASSERINI FILIPPO

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GRIFFIN BOBBY J

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ROOF DONALD C

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OZANNE JAMES H

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BRITELL JENNE K

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LEROY PIERRE E

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MCKINNEY JOHN S

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MCALLISTER SINGLETON B

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MCAULEY BRIAN D

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ASPLUND DALE A

 406 $51.69

GRIFFIN BOBBY J

 483 $54.97

FAHEY JOHN J

 10,000 $54.64

FAHEY JOHN J

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FLANNERY MATTHEW JOHN

 22,333 $8.32

FLANNERY MATTHEW JOHN

 13,333 $3.44

FLANNERY MATTHEW JOHN

 35,666 $53.91

ASPLUND DALE A

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GOTTSEGEN JONATHAN MARK

 2,434 $54.31

ASPLUND DALE A

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GOTTSEGEN JONATHAN MARK

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PLUMMER WILLIAM B

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